Human rights and the unborn child / by Rita Joseph.

By:

Joseph, Rita

Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.Description: xviii, 347 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9789004175600 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004175601 (hardback : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

341.48572 22

LOC classification:

K642 .J67 2009

Contents:

Contents: UDHR recognition of the child before birth : analysis of the texts -- UDHR recognition of the child before birth : the historical context -- Fundamentals of the universal declaration's human rights protection -- The inaugural human right : to be born free and equal -- What is "appropriate" legal protection before as well as after birth? -- The right to life and to the necessities of life -- Decriminalization : a treaty interpretation manifestly unreasonable -- CRC legislative history and the child before birth -- Selective abortion on grounds of disability -- European Convention (1950) and the unborn child -- American Convention on Human Rights : " ...in general, from the moment of conception" -- Reclaiming rights of the African child at risk of abortion -- Selective abortion : an act of violence and discrimination on grounds of sex -- Children's rights : " ...without any exceptions whatsoever" -- Ideologies must conform to human rights, not human rights to ideologies.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index.

Contents:
UDHR recognition of the child before birth : analysis of the texts --
UDHR recognition of the child before birth : the historical context --
Fundamentals of the universal declaration's human rights protection --
The inaugural human right : to be born free and equal --
What is "appropriate" legal protection before as well as after birth? --
The right to life and to the necessities of life -- Decriminalization : a treaty interpretation manifestly unreasonable --
CRC legislative history and the child before birth --
Selective abortion on grounds of disability --
European Convention (1950) and the unborn child --
American Convention on Human Rights : " ...in general, from the moment of conception" --
Reclaiming rights of the African child at risk of abortion --
Selective abortion : an act of violence and discrimination on grounds of sex --
Children's rights : " ...without any exceptions whatsoever" --
Ideologies must conform to human rights, not human rights to ideologies.

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